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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / October 2007Gabby is a funny name for a boy.
1 month and 1 day ago the cutest, sharpest, most gorgeous all-around kitten came into my home and after a bit of reluctance I inducted HER into my home. After throwing a few names back and forth and NEVER questioning my spouse at all over the sex of the cat. Especially after I watched them lift Gabby overhead and thoroughly give the cat a peek, we decided on GABBY. Well, I was reading over a response someone gave to one of my threads and witnessed them refer to Gabby as a HE despite Gabby being an obviously feminine name. Then that itch at the back of my brain came back... that gentle nagging that something was not quite right. So, before I forgot it I leaped to my feet, grabbed Gabby up and did some thorough inspection. All this time the dark patches that I mistook for her vagina turned out to be a scrotum and opening to the urethra. You can see in the picture I provided that the large dark spot is the scrotum and the smaller one is the tip. (ADULT) Thumb: http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/6157/gabbystesticlespu7.th.jpg (ADULT) Enlarged: http://img135.imageshack.us/my.php?image=gabbystesticlessm7.jpg In fairness to the "I'm never wrong" spouse, Gabby's testes are SO small that I had to actually flip Gabby over and feel. And sure enough, unless Gabby has a marsupial pouch with two TINY smaller than a pea-sized marbles in her pouch... Gabby is a dude. I'll wait a moment for you to stop laughing... ... Done? OK. So here we are a month later, my BOY cat knows his name of Gabby. For example, "gabby-gabby-gabby" in a high-pitched voice is "Come get your dinner." And she... er... HE knows it quite well. What do I do?! Keep calling my boy cat Gabby and let it be a funny little family secret? Or rename my cat appropriately. I am thinking Gabby should at the very most be called Mr. Gabby. Or maybe even GabbyMan. Or something similar... Opinions? Feel free to let me know how big of a dork you think either my spouse or I are. Next time an animal comes into this house I DEFINITELY know to sex it myself. Hahaha... see ya'.  Signature-Lost Remove the extra words to reply by e-mail. Don't e-mail me. I am kidding. No I am not. I sort of remember a man called Gabby Hayes.......so I am thinking Gabby is an ok name! > 1 month and 1 day ago the cutest, sharpest, most gorgeous all-around > kitten came into my home and after a bit of reluctance I inducted HER [quoted text clipped - 55 lines] > Remove the extra words to reply by e-mail. Don't e-mail me. I am > kidding. No I am not. >I sort of remember a man called Gabby Hayes.......so I am thinking > Gabby is an ok name! Yes, Gabby Hayes was a "sidekick" in a series of wester movies in the 1940s, most often with Roy Rogers. Gabby Hayes definitely would not fit the OP's description of "gorgeous," though. MaryL Response from "MaryL" <stancole1@yahoo.comTAKE-OUT-THE-LITTER>: >>I sort of remember a man called Gabby Hayes.......so I am thinking >> Gabby is an ok name! > > Yes, Gabby Hayes was a "sidekick" in a series of wester movies in > the 1940s, most often with Roy Rogers. Gabby Hayes definitely > would not fit the OP's description of "gorgeous," though. Ah yes, I think I know of him. George Hayes. I didn't know he was called Gabby. That's great. We had already discussed other options like CatNipped and cindys suggestion of Gabriel. After I read all the posts though, we are fairly sure it's going to stay Gabby. Signature-Lost Remove the extra words to reply by e-mail. Don't e-mail me. I am kidding. No I am not. > 1 month and 1 day ago the cutest, sharpest, most gorgeous all-around > kitten came into my home and after a bit of reluctance I inducted HER [quoted text clipped - 52 lines] > > Hahaha... see ya'. You never heard of Gabby Hayes? Response from Outsider <not@this_address.com>: > You never heard of Gabby Hayes? I have now! I knew of that actor I believe, but didn't know he was called Gabby. I guess it stays Gabby. : ) Signature-Lost Remove the extra words to reply by e-mail. Don't e-mail me. I am kidding. No I am not. Gabby could be a nickname for "Gabriel" (who of course is an angel :-). I just assumed (until now) that you had actually named the kitten Gabrielle or Gabriella and were calling her "Gabby" as a nickname. Now that you know Gabby is a boy, if the name really bothers you, you could call him "Gabe" or "Gabey." Best regards, ---Cindy S. >1 month and 1 day ago the cutest, sharpest, most gorgeous all-around > kitten came into my home and after a bit of reluctance I inducted HER [quoted text clipped - 52 lines] > > Hahaha... see ya'. Response from "cindys" <cstein1@rochester.rr.com>: > Gabby could be a nickname for "Gabriel" (who of course is an angel > :-). I just assumed (until now) that you had actually named the [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Best regards, > ---Cindy S. I am fairly certain the spouse was shooting for Gabriella, although I never really asked. They just said "How about Gabby?" And we ran with it. After hearing that Gabby isn't so strange a name for a boy, I think we're going to keep it that way. Of course, I do believe it stands for Gabriel definitely. : ) Signature-Lost Remove the extra words to reply by e-mail. Don't e-mail me. I am kidding. No I am not. >1 month and 1 day ago the cutest, sharpest, most gorgeous all-around > kitten came into my home and after a bit of reluctance I inducted HER [quoted text clipped - 52 lines] > > Hahaha... see ya'. OK, go easy on yourself - sexing a kitten is pretty hard, even vets get it wrong sometimes (the quickie way to judge is the punctuation mark method - a girl cat has a semi-colon, ; and a boy cat has a colon :. And in my other post I suggested "Gabriel" for a name calling him "Gabe" for short - and believe it or not there are Gabriels out there whose nickname is Gabby, so I think you're OK. ;> Hugs, CatNipped > OK, go easy on yourself - sexing a kitten is pretty hard, even vets get it > wrong sometimes > There is reason we sometimes call the girls Dunzi and Sarsi Fella! The trouble is line drawings in a book aren't much help when it comes to sexing kittens, especially if you're trying to check a struggling kitten who plainly wonders why you want to inspect those bits of them unless you're the sort of Hoomin mum warned us about! So we weren't sure but did we really want to spend the first day with them, trying to hold them down and inspect their privates? We checked they were both the same at the rear end and just assumed they were boys. Even through we had asked for girls but the woman who had their mum didn't seem to know much about cats....she'd never had one before..so there we are slaves for 20 years and someone who'd been a slave for only a few months got it right and we didn't! Then again maybe she looked closer! Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs Response from "CatNipped" <CatNipped@PossiblePlaces.com>: >> Opinions? Feel free to let me know how big of a dork you think >> either my spouse or I are. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > punctuation mark method - a girl cat has a semi-colon, ; and a boy > cat has a colon :. Haha, OK, will do. I am not entirely sure I understand the punctuation method, but I *THINK* I get it. > And in my other post I suggested "Gabriel" for a name calling him > "Gabe" for short - and believe it or not there are Gabriels out > there whose nickname is Gabby, so I think you're OK. ;> Yep, that is what *I* am going with. The spouse is just dumbfounded our girl kitty has testicles. HAHA! I woke them up about 9AM this morning and said, "Something is wrong with Gabby, come help!" They crawled out of bed and I held Gabby while I had them feel Gabby's "growth." Believe it or not, they had NO clue what I was on about. They said, "What I don't I feel anything?" I said, "Oh... you tellin' me you cannot feel Gabby's nuts?" Jaw dropped. "Gabby's a boy?" HAHAHAHA! It was so funny seeing blurry-eyed spouse trying to blink boy parts into view. OK, enough cat anatomy. : ) Thanks for the suggestion, CatNipped. Gabby (Gabriel) gets to keep HIS name. This first month of cat ownership has been a VERY interesting roller coaster ride to say the least. Signature-Lost Remove the extra words to reply by e-mail. Don't e-mail me. I am kidding. No I am not. > 1 month and 1 day ago the cutest, sharpest, most gorgeous all-around > kitten came into my home and after a bit of reluctance I inducted HER [quoted text clipped - 52 lines] > > Hahaha... see ya'. Long ago, I knew a human man named Gabby. It was short for his last name " Gabellini". I believe it is a common name in Italy. He was a handsome man but went to the Bridge in his mid life. IMHO he would have enjoyed a cat named after him. MLB
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